A Reminder......

At that moment, I couldn't put my finger on what was it I was feeling. I was appalled at their plight, horrified by the conditions, the grime, the dirt, the flies and yet for them, it wasn't pity that I felt. They were the poorest of the poor and yet, they had the widest truest smiles I had ever seen. I came home, looked through the photos I had taken, and then it struck me, that deep sense of foreboding I had felt, no it wasn't pity, I was ashamed at myself. In spite of all the privileges I have been born into, I am a lot of times, discontented. I need to learn to be happy with what I've got. I am glad I went to Payatas. The experience was a reminder, that we don't need a lot to be happy.